George Couros discusses the benefits of using social media in education. He notes that both large companies and churches now have social media accounts. Social media allows for free communication that reduces isolation and builds cultural understanding. It can also amplify passion and make education more open. Proper use of social media can help connect the world and empower educators to achieve limitless possibilities when working with students.

1. Posted by George Couros on 3/25/11
• Categorized as Networked Learning,Technology
Integration

3.  Social
media is something that has become
so prevalent in our culture that George
Couros have seen everything from large
companies to churches having their own
Facebook accounts.

4.  “Ireally believe that using technology just to
do the same things that we have always
done, but on the computer, is not a good
enough reason. There has to be more.
Thinking about this today, I have really seen
some of the impacts that social media is
having on education.” said the writer

5.  1. It’s free.
 It cuts down on isolation.
 3. Building tolerance and understanding of
cultural diversity.
 4. It can amplify passion.
 5. The world of education is (and needs to
be) more open.

6.  While people often look at social media is
just “technology” we have to see how proper
use can help really bring our world together.
If we are proactive in the way we work with
kids using social media, there is no limit to
what we can do.(George Couros)

7. By Sureemas Boonlue
TESOL 5
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